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Monthly Archive for March, 2011

: March, 2011

Master of Deception: The Furniture of John CederquistBellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WashingtonJanuary 25 – May 15, 2011
John Cederquist is a wood studio artist. Long celebrated in craft circles for his whimsical, tongue-in-cheek wood assemblage… …

Billy Elliot the Musical has garnered much acclaim since its London inception in 2005; perhaps most notably 10 Tony Awards – including Best Musical in 2009. The show is still wildly popular on Broadway and the touring production is currently in S… …

All My Sons Intiman Theatre through April 17 By Alice Kaderlan It’s odd that Intiman Theatre chose to present All My Sons as its first Arthur Miller play ever. Although Miller is undoubtedly a giant among American playwrights, All My Sons is far from… …

It is a traditionally raining night in Seattle, the glass is pounding with rain and I find myself in the Pioneer Saloon talking with Seattle artist, Jeff Jacobson, aka Weirdo. Who is one of the hardest working artists in Seattle. I don’t know it yet, but this is not going to be your average conversation–under the guise of art, Weirdo and I are going to end up talking about a whole lot more, about art–yes, but also about life, spirituality, multiple dimensions and what it’s like to be an artist in an age of commerce and celebrity. …

Of Mice and Men Seattle Repertory Theatre, through April 10 By Alice Kaderlan In many ways, John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men is the classic American story — the reason it is required reading in so many classrooms. Almost every character dr… …

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Fifth Avenue Theatre, through March 27 By Alice Kaderlan One of the questions virtually every American modern dance company faces is what to do after the founding choreographer dies. Keep the company going with a new … …

This rise of opinion journalism has shot some of the now most-hated people on television into celebrity; I’m looking at you Bill O’Reilly and Rush Limbaugh. Victoria Stewart’s theatrical commentary on faux news, Hardball, centers on t… …

Billy Eliot the musical Wednesday night at the Paramount Theatre Through April 3 It’s serendipitous that KCTS ran the 25th anniversary celebration of the show Les Miserables just before the national touring production of Billy Elliot opened in Seattl… …

In the northwest quadrant of “Dead Reckoning,” Claire Cowie’s new twelve-panel work on paper, is the darkened silhouette of a man in profile, painting on an easel. We see him through the frame of an open, arched window in …

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